Irregular verbs
by type
Base-form Past simple Past participle
1 No change in form
cast cast cast
cost cost cost
cut /kt/ cut cut
fit fit fit
hit hit hit
hurt hurt hurt
let let let
put /pυt/ put put
read /rid/ read /rεd/ read /rεd/
set set set
shut /ʃt/ shut shut
spread /sprεd/ spread /sprεd/ spread /sprεd/
2 Vowel change in past simple
bind bound bound
feed fed fed
find found found
get got got
hear heard heard
hold held held
lay laid laid
lead led led
light lit lit
meet met met
sell sold sold
shoot shot shot
sit sat sat
stand stood stood
tell told told
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win won /wn/ won /wn/
3 Past tense in -t
bend bent bent
build /bld/ built built
burn burnt burnt
deal /dil/ dealt /dεlt/ dealt /dεlt/
feel felt felt
keep kept kept
learn learnt learnt
leave left left
lose /luz/ lost lost
mean /min/ meant /mεnt/ meant /mεnt/
send sent sent
sleep slept slept
spend spent spent
4 Past simple in -ght
bring brought /brɔt/ brought
buy bought /bɔt/ bought
catch caught /kɔt/ caught
fight fought /fɔt/ fought
seek sought /sɔt/ sought
teach taught /tɔt/ taught
think thought /θɔt/ thought
5 Vowel u in past simple
hang hung hung
stick stuck stuck
strike struck struck
swing swung swung
6 Vowel a in past simple, vowel u in past participle
begin began begun
drink drank drunk
ring rang rung
run ran run
sing sang sung
sink sank sunk
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Base-form Past simple Past participle
7 – Past participle ends in -n
arise arose arisen
be was/were been
beat beat beaten
blow blew blown
break broke broken
choose chose chosen
draw drew drawn
drive drove driven
eat ate /εt/ (or /εit/) eaten
fall fell fallen
fly flew flown
forget forgot forgotten
give gave given
grow grew grown
hide hid hidden
know knew /nju/ known
lie lay lain
ride rode ridden
rise rose risen
see saw /sɔ/ seen
shake shook shaken
show showed shown
speak spoke spoken
steal stole stolen
take took taken
throw threw thrown
wake woke woken
wear wore worn
write wrote written
8 Miscellaneous
become became become
come came come
do did done /dn/
go went gone /ɔn/
have had had
make made made
lay laid laid
pay paid paid
say /sεi/ said /sεd/ said /sεd/
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Base-form Past simple Past participle
a/an 1.9
a-adjectives 11.69
active versus passive 15.90
adjectives, comparative 10.59
adjectives, superlative 10.59
adjectives in -ed 8.52
adjectives in -ing 8.52
adjectives with prepositions
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adverb position 13.78
after 11.70
another 4.28
article, indefinite 1.9
as soon as 6.37
auxiliary did 4.24
base-form 2.14, 3.18, 6.38
before 11.70
bet 14.83
better off . . . -ing 10.64
bring 7.46
C1 conditional 14.79
C2 conditional 14.82
can 8.47
can’t 8.47, 12.72
can’t have 12.73, 15.88
certainty 12.72
choosing 5.34
commands 3.17
comparative 10.59
conditionals 14.79, 14.82
could 8.47
Could you . . .? 3.18
countable nouns 4.23
degree words 10.62
did auxiliary 4.24
direct object pronouns 6.36
do, versus make 13.77
Don’t . . . 3.17
don’t think 4.27
-ed adjectives 8.52
ed-form 9.54
either 10.61
else 8.51
empty it 7.42
for (time) 11.67
forms of the verb 2.14
future 7.41, 7.43, 11.70
genitive 3.19
get 3.22
going to 7.41
goodbye 1.10
Grammar index
The first number gives the unit, the second number gives the Language
point: e.g. 3.21 means Unit 3, Language point 21.
had 9.56
have 4.25
have to 12.71
if 8.48, 14.80, 14.83
if only 14.83
in case 14.84
indefinite article 1.9
indirect object pronouns 6.36
indirect speech 15.86
-ing 3.21, 8.50, 10.64
-ing adjectives 8.52
ing-form after verbs 8.50
introducing people 1.3
it, empty 7.42
Let’s . . . 1.8, 5.29
likes and dislikes 5.32
liking doing things 5.33
liking things 5.30
make, versus do 13.77
may 12.72
may have 15.88
May I . . .? (formal) 6.38
might 12.72
mine, yours, etc. 2.16
money see Unit 4, Life and living
must 12.71
must have 12.73
my, your, etc. 1.6
needn’t have 15.88
negative short forms 2.11
nouns, countable 4.23
nouns uncountable 4.23, 4.26
n’t 2.11
numbers see Unit 4, Life and living
object pronouns 6.36
obligation 12.71
of genitive 3.19
offering 5.30, 5.31
one 4.28, 10.63
other 4.28
passive 15.90
past continuous 9.57
past perfect 15.85
past simple 4.24, 9.54, 9.55, 9.56
personal pronouns 1.5
phone language 6.35
phrasal verbs 3.20, 7.44
pointing out 1.7, 5.34
position of adverbs 13.78
possessive adjectives 1.6
possessive pronouns 2.16
possibility 12.72
prepositions after adjectives 6.40
prepositions at the end with
wh-words 11.66
prepositions in relative clauses
13.76
present continuous 3.21
present perfect 9.53, 9.55
present simple 2.12, 6.37, 8.48,
11.70, 14.79
pronouns, object 6.36
pronouns, personal 1.5
pronouns, possessive 2.16
quantity 4.23
questions with be 1.4
quite 10.62
relative clauses 13.75
relative clauses with prepositions
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reported speech 15.86
saying goodbye 1.10
’s genitive 3.19
Shall I . . .? 3.18
short forms 1.1
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short forms, negative 2.11
should 8.47
since 11.67
some 10.63
state verbs 7.45, 8.49
suggestions 5.29
superlative 10.59
suppose 15.89
tags, questions 1.2
tag responses 1.2
take 7.46
telling the time 11.65
that relative 13.75
that’s with wh-words 15.87
this, that, these, those 1.7
time 11.65
time expressions 6.39, 9.58,
11.68
to-form 2.14, 8.50, 12.74
to-form after verbs 8.50, 12.74
too 10.62
uncountable nouns 4.23, 4.26
unless 14.84
verb, forms 2.14
verbs, state 7.45, 8.49
very 10.62
was 9.56
weak forms 2.13
were 9.56
What . . . for? 14.81
What if . . .? 8.48
when 11.70, 14.80
which 10.60
who relative 13.75
wh-questions 2.15, 11.66
wh-words 2.15, 11.66 12.74
Why don’t you . . .? 6.38
will-future 7.43
wish 14.83
wonder 15.89
would 14.82
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Base-form Past simple Past participle
7 – Past participle ends in -n
arise arose arisen
be was/were been
beat beat beaten
blow blew blown
break broke broken
choose. /sεd/
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Base-form Past simple Past participle
a/ an 1.9
a- adjectives 11.69
active versus passive 15.90
adjectives,